New bike transporter on Squirrel
Traveling in Squirrel, even very long distances, is a joy, but carrying two long tail cargo bikes and full camping gear inside the van can be a bit of a chore, every day loading the van is a 3 dimensional …
Category: Electric Bikes
The trials and highlights of building and using E-Bikes
Otago 2022 – another roadtrip – cancelled
Unfortunately, this trip scheduled for February 2022 was cancelled, but we rescheduled for August 2022 and it is blogged about here. Covid permitting, we are intending to do a similar trip to last years trip to Central Otago. In brief, …
Road Trip 2021 – Central Otago
Lynn and Dave cycle the Otago bike trails Background Lynn and I have been wanting to do the Central Otago Rail Trail since we first heard about it many years ago. We finally have bikes that we feel we want …
Yuba – display woes
After just a couple of hundred kilometres, the main display unit described below stopped working correctly. It bega with it occasionally not switching on first time, needing a repeat try, and this gradually got worse until it was taking 6 …
Yuba dashboard upgrade part 2
The new display panel has arrived, and was promptly fitted. Immediate thoughts were that it switched on and worked out of the box! Second thoughts were that the settings were also pretty good out of the box, with the exception …
Yuba dashboard upgrade
A few posts below I mentioned that the handlebar display panel was a fairly standard C963 display panel, branded as a Lekkie. It is based on the KM5S made by King-Meter. A quick review of its capabilities compared to what …
Yuba – another ride in Kapiti with Lynn
Having spent a hard week in the workshop, and most of Friday and Saturday digging a patch of clay over in the back garden, Lynn and I decided to have a trip out on Sunday. I wanted to show off …
Yuba – another go at the long ride.
So Tuesday 4th July, I took the car back to have the service and WOF finished (replacement radiator and steering rack bracket), and I put the bike on the back again. Same drill, set off from Kapiti Honda at about …
Yuba – a nice long ride
On Tuesday I took my car up the coast to Kapiti Honda to have it serviced and a WOF. Rather than come home again on the train and make a return journey, I strapped the Yuba onto the back of …
Electric Yuba – settling in
It seems like weeks since I made the last modification to the bike, other than some panniers, I think it is basically finished. The last mod was a new front brake cable to give a little more slack when handling …